Hungary arrests three foreigners on spying charges
Hungary announced the arrests of American businessman Robert Vogeler and Briton Edgar Sanders on spying and sabotage charges. Vogeler, an executive with International Telephone and Telegraph, disappeared Friday in Budapest. Imre Geiger, managing director of Standard Electric in Budapest, is also held on a spy charge.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Hungary
Robert Vogeler
Edgar Sanders
Vogeler
International ‘Telephone and ‘Telegraph Company
Hasteen European
Vienna
Sanders
Imre Geiger
Standard Electric Co., Ltd
LTT
Concerted Action Likely On Plea for Angus Ward
Washington officials expect a slate of nations to back Secretary Acheson’s call for concerted action to free Consul General Angus Ward from a Chinese jail. Foreign ministers of about 30 governments were addressed, with Moscow and Soviet bloc nations under scrutiny for passing along the initiative to pass the request to Peiping. The effort aims to secure Ward and staff release from Mukden jail amid claims of a flagrant violation of international law.
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Associated Press
Washington
Angus Ward
Peiping
Acheson
Russia
Mark Wng
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
North Korea
Pean
Welfare Fund Seat Blocked by Lewis Amid Mine Strike Standoff
In Washington John J. Lewis blocked former judge Charles I. Dawson from taking his seat as operators' trustee on the United Mine Workers welfare fund board. The dispute centers on Ezra Van Horn’s resignation and the fund’s $13 million royalties since last June. The stalemate pauses the fund’s spending vote until the next meeting, with Bridges and Lewis deadlocked.
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Associated Press
Waslington
John J. Lewis
Charles I. Dawson
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
UMW
Dawson
Lewis
Senator Bridges
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Bridges
Charleston Eight Story State Office Building Contracts
Charleston sees an eight story state office building ready for contract signing with total costs around 4 million dollars. The State Office Building Commission approved contracts totaling 3,380,012 for phases of the project, with final tally expected near 4,000,000 including architect fees and contingencies. General construction went to J A Jones Construction Company of Charlotte, bid 2,271,610. Other awards include Meyers Brothers 102,850. Harry Dougherty and Son 585,512. E C Ernest 253,508. Warner Elevator Manufacturing 167,432.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Office Building Commission
Patleson
J. A. Jones Construction Company, Inc
Charlotte
XN. C
Meyers Brothers
Harry Dougherty and Son, Inc
E. C. Ernest, Inc
Washington, D C
Warner Elevator Manufacturing Companys
Cincinnati
Controversial Arrest Victim Found Guilty in Charleston
Lowell F Slack 33, a chemical plant worker, was convicted in police court on three charges after an alleged beating by police during his arrest. He was fined 46 dollars, including 12 for disorderly conduct and 17 for assaulting Patrolman Dan Prowse and resisting arrest. The drunkenness charge was dismissed for lack of support from Patrolman Charles Bibbs.
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Charles Bibbs
Weather prospects for Virginia and nearby regions
Partly cloudy skies across Virginia with highs near 35 west and 30s east and lows around 20s to 25. Wednesday warms before a pattern shift with light snow flurries possible Thursday, rising temperatures by Saturday near normal for late November. Forecast notes include light rain or snow into the weekend and regional snowfall amounts.
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W. Va
Beckley
Sereree
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
U.S
Europe
Ba. m
Pension Changes Protested By Bell Workers Union
Washington A legal dispute formed over Bell System pension changes criticized as insufficient by the CIO Communications Workers who claim changes were made without union consultation Company spokesmen defend the plan as reserved rights and longstanding practice Union President Beirne says unfair labor practice charges will be filed with the NLRB and a congressional inquiry is sought The Supreme Court has ruled pensions are a bargaining matter with unions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bell System
CIO
Joseph A.beirne
National Labor Relations Board
Io Congressional
Supreme Court
Monty to Attend Tea Party Today
Washington reports that Field Marshal Montgomery will visit the office of General Omar Bradley at 4:30 p.m. for a tea with the U S joint chiefs. Montgomery previously hosted a tea for U S chiefs in London last August and may address the National Press Club.
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Associated Press
Washington
High Command
America
Viscount Montgomery
Great Britain
Europe
Western Union Defense
UW. 5
U.S. Joint Chiefs of
Matt
London
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs
Montgomery
National Press Club
Immediate World Farm Aid Sought by FAO Official
Sir Herbert Broadley, deputy director of the FAO, urged rapid start on technical assistance to under productive farms worldwide during the UN agency's conference. President Truman was slated to speak as 38 nations discuss routing surplus food to needy areas and boosting low production.
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Associated Press
Washington
Herbert Broadley
Great Britain
Sir Herbert
Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
United Nations
Truman
Iare
Byundley
Norris £. Dodd
United States
World Food Bank
Dodd
Oscar Gats
Cuba
Fresno rape killer held after infant murder in field
Fresno police hold Paul Gutierrez 25 on murder booking for the rape killing of 17 month old Josephine Yanez. He allegedly admitted taking the child from her parents car and spanking her before the killings. The infant was found naked except for a bonnet and one shoe in a field near Huron.
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Associated Press
Fresno
Paul Gutierrez
Josephine Yanez
Gutierrez
Huron
Joe Yanez
Teya
Yantz
Josephine
Yanez
Beckley Stores to Stay Open on Wednesday for Thanksgiving
Beckley merchants will keep stores open Wednesday to aid Thanksgiving shopping. The Beckley Business Bureau president W M Kessel announced stores will return to their regular closing hour next Wednesday after the holiday.
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Beckley
W. M. Kessel
Beckley Business Bureau
Kessel
Communist Huk rebels clash with Philippine Constabulary in Baangas area
Manila dispatch reports a major battle near Baangas Province about 60 miles south of Manila. Some 300 Huk and allied dissidents armed with mortars and machine guns fight two Constabulary companies. no casualties reported yet. Brig. Gen. Ramos plans to visit the scene.
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Associated Press
Manila — Constabulary
Hukbalshaps
Ba‘angas
Here
Alberto Ramos
Constabulary
Hukbalahap
Peoples’ Alliance Army
Japan
Jose P. Laurel
Quirino
Laurel
Metropolitan Opera Opens 65th Season As Society Gathers
New York The Metropolitan Opera opened its 65th season with Der Rosenkavalier led by Rise Stevens and Eleanor Steber. Television cameras captured a starry society parade between acts while spectators filled the house and bar areas in a lively opening night spectacle.
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Associated Press
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Opera
der Rosenkavalies
Rise Stevens
Eleanor Steber
A9th Street
Broadway
Lalented
ABC
Betty Henderson
Eisenhower for President Club backs 1952 bid in Vermont
In Burlington a local Eisenhower for President movement press ahead to urge Dwight D Eisenhower as the Republican nominee for 1952. George Abbott says the effort continues despite no response from Eisenhower and a City Hall meeting endorses the bid with posters bearing the slogan First in war first in peace and first in the heart of humanity.
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Associated Press
Burlington
Vice
Dwight
Eisenhower
George Abbott
Columbia University
Abbott
City Hall
One Change Made In Vote Precincts
Voters in the Whitestick precinct will cast annexation election ballots Friday at Dess Service Station on Eisenhower Drive. City Recorder William P. Laren said all other city precincts remain the same as in previous elections. Harper Road residents voting for annexation to Reckles will use Radio Station WWANR. Sprague and Calloway Heights voters will cast ballots at the General Motors garage in Sprague.
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Whitestick
Dess’ Service Staton
Eisenhower Drive
William P. Laren
Harper Road
Reckles
WWANR
Sprague
Calloway Heights
General Motors Corporation
Larew
Poland Links 100 To French Ring
Warsaw reports more than 100 arrests tied to a spy ring connected to the French embassy. Andre Simon Robineau, secretary of the French consulate at Szczecin, allegedly confessed to espionage and to using his post as cover. Robineau was seized at Warsaw airport before a planned Paris trip.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Pulani
Andre Simon Robineau
Szczecin
Stettin
Poland
Foreign Ministry
Robineau
Paris
Wokler Grosz
Grosz
Ted Gesesinen
Rapineau
Byrnes Urges Thrift but Sees Ongoing Waste in Gov
Former U S Supreme Court justice James Byrnes urged cutting expenditures rather than raising taxes while warning debt and deficit spending will persist. He noted dollars spent on government growth threaten prosperity and questioned beyond-debt remedies. He also discussed a possible gubernatorial bid in South Carolina. In Oslo, police recovered 26 bodies from a Dutch plane crash carrying 28 Jewish refugee children and seven adults, with one child survivor, as rescue teams searched forested areas near Oslo. The survivor, a 10-year-old boy, was hospitalized in Drammen and could recover. the children were destined for Israel.
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Associated Press
James FL Byrnes
Congress
Byrnes
Bybieca
Roosevelt
U. S. Supreme Court
South Carolina
Oslo
Norway
Away
Owas Lest
North Africa
Leest
Aero Holland
NM O
Speaks
Drammen
Israel
Raleigh County Court Shows Mixed Civil Actions
A Raleigh County Circuit Court jury began testimony in a case where H D Haynes sues I W Cremens for 102.37 for gas burners bought on terms. An attachment was issued for Ottie Meadows for contempt after failing to appear in court. The Beckley Ice Cream Co case sought an injunction, and Raleigh County Bank obtained a judgment against Julie Gillenwater and Martha Pusey.
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Raleigh County
Talay
W. F. Cremens
H. D. Haynes
Haynes
Cremens
Jerome Dailey
Ottie Meadows
Tizel Meadows
G. C. Wedrick
C. C. Patrick
Beckley Ice Crean Company
Raleigh County Bank
Judemiond
Sat2
Julie Gillenwater
Martha Pusey
Tthe
Halph Adkins
McKinney Home Fire Causes Minor Damage
A closet fire at 137 Wilkes Avenue under T. R. B. McKinney was extinguished by city firefighters around 11 30 am. Fire chief Bernard Martiny said spontaneous combustion of stored paint rags and empty paint buckets caused the blaze, with closet walls and clothing damaged valued at 100 to 150 dollars.
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McKinney
T. RB. McKinney
Wilkes Avenue
Bernard Martiny
Federal Cash to Bolster Business in First Half of 1950
The Commerce Department predicts heavy federal outlays through the first half of 1958 will boost business activity. It cites a $46.5 billion total spending pace in the current fiscal year, with $27 billion for goods and services, led by national defense procurement and public works. The plan includes construction stimulus, highway grants, and housing programs to spur growth.
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Associated Press
Washington
Commerce Department
Fat
Ewilayn
Govvern
Marteare Nalders
Growing Defiance of Nazis Parallels Threat of Communism in Germany
Berlin observers note a revival of German nationalism as Western Allies track signs of Nazism resurfacing in Germany. Reports from London Washington Paris and Ottawa describe resistance to dismantling war potential and fears of a stronger German challenge to the Soviet Union.
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Germany
Thomas A. Reedy
Berlin
Othe Bugaboo
Authority
Britain
France
Russia
U. S
London
Frank Medicott
Washington
Telford Taylor
Paris
Ottawa
Canada
Lord Wavell
Soviet Union
Europe
National Democratic Party
Socialist Unity (Communist) Party
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Krein
Gertrud Scholz Klink
Adolf Hitler
League For German Women
Beckley Firms Charter Mining and Lumber Ventures
The Oakland Mining Corporation, a Beckley coal mining company, received a charter and was capitalized at 25000. Incorporators include C. BD, Hewek, Jack Foster and FE R Harvey, all of Beckley. Another charter, Meadows Lumber Company, Beckley, capital 25008, lists Basile N Meadows, Mary Edith Meadows and Clifford R Daniels of Beckley.
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Beckley
Oakland Mining Corporaton
C. BD
Hewek
Jack Foster
FE. R. Harvey
Berkley
Meadows Lumber Company
Basile N. Meadows
Mary Edith Meadows
Clifford R. Daniels
Telephone Company Rate Increase At State Supreme Court
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company asks the Virginia Supreme Court to overturn a Public Service Commission order granting part of its requested rate hike. The company seeks about $1 million a year to boost profits and operate efficiently according to its filing.
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Charleston
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
State Supreme “Court
Public Service Commission
Duncan Retained As Treasurer In Auto Association
White Sulphur Springs Thomas J Arnold of Spencer was installed as president of the State Automobile Dealers Association at its Greenbrier meeting. The group elected W M Duncan of Beckley treasurer and named three vice presidents. NBC commentator Richard Harkness commented on Eisenhower Truman politics and the GOP race, citing questions of socialism and nationalized economy.
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Associated Prem
Thomas J. ‘Arnold
Spencer
State Automobile Dealers Association
Greenbrier
Richard D. Chittum
Parkersburg
C. L. Wollerton
Montgomery
W. M. Duncan
Beckley
Charles Keays
Charles Town
William R. Barrick
Clarksburg
Andrew Clark
Princeton
Tend Lolony
Alan Rude
C. I. T. Credit Corporation
Wash Young
Richard Harkness
NBC
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Eisenhower
Ife
Ballots for Absentees for Annexation Election
Qualified voters may cast absentee ballots in the annexation election today or tomorrow at the city office between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Those planning to be out of state on November 25 may vote in person at the annexation office.
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Om Thal
Sista
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